Gunnar Gren - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Swedish player scored 32 international goals in 57 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Together with Gunnar Nordahl and Nils Liedholm he formed the famous Gre-No-Li striking trio of both Sweden and Milan.
Born:	31-10-1920
Died:	 1-11-1991
Country:  Sweden
Caps:	57	(W39-D7-L11 - GF186-GA81 - %74.56)
Goals:	32	(% 0.56 per match)
Age First Cap:	 19 yr 302 d	29- 8-1940 vs. Finland 3-2
Age Last Cap:	 37 yr 360 d	26-10-1958 vs. Denmark 4-4
National Team Career:  18 yr  58 d

Cap  Goals	Date	Venue   	Opponent       Score	Competition

 1	      29- 8-40	Helsinki	Finland 	3-2
 2    1	 1    22- 9-40	Stockholm	Finland 	5-0
 3	 1     6-10-40	Stockholm	Denmark 	1-1
 4	 1    14- 9-41	Stockholm	Denmark 	2-2
 5	 1    28- 6-42	København	Denmark 	3-0
 6	 1    20- 9-42	Berlin  	Germany 	3-2
 7    1	 2     4-10-42	Stockholm	Denmark 	2-1
 8	 2    15-11-42	Zürich  	Switzerland	1-3
 9	 2    14- 6-43	Stockholm	Switzerland	1-0
10    1	 3    20- 6-43	København	Denmark 	2-3
11	 3    12- 9-43	Stockholm	Hungary 	2-3
12	 3     7-11-43	Budapest	Hungary 	7-2
13	 3    24- 6-45	Stockholm	Denmark 	2-1
14    1	 4     1- 7-45	København	Denmark 	4-3
15    3	 7    26- 8-45	Göteborg	Finland 	7-2
16	 7    30- 9-45	Stockholm	Denmark 	4-1
17    1	 8    21-10-45	Stockholm	Norway         10-0
18	 8    25-11-45	Genève  	Switzerland	0-3
19    1	 9    23- 6-45	København	Denmark 	1-3
20    4	13     7- 7-46	Stockholm	Switzerland	7-2
21    1	14    15- 9-46	Oslo    	Norway  	3-0
22    1	15     6-10-46	Göteborg	Denmark 	3-3
23  	15    15- 6-47	København	Denmark 	4-1	Nordic Champ.
24	15    26- 6-47	Stockholm	Denmark 	6-1
25	15    28- 6-47	Helsinki	Norway  	5-1
26    1	16    24- 8-47	Borås   	Finland 	7-0	Nordic Champ.
27    1	17     5-10-47	Stockholm	Norway  	4-1	Nordic Champ.
28    1	18    19-11-47	London  	England 	2-4
29   	18     9- 6-48	Amsterdam	Netherlands	0-1
30    2	20    11- 7-48	Stockholm	Austria 	3-2
31	20     2- 8-48	London  	Austria 	3-0	Olympic Games
32    1	21     5- 8-48	London  	Korea          12-0	Olympic Games
33	21    10- 8-48	London  	Denmark 	4-2	Olympic Games
34    2	23    13- 8-48	London  	Yugoslavia	3-1	Olympic Games
35	23    19- 9-48	Oslo     	Norway  	5-3	Nordic Champ.
36	23    10-10-48	Stockholm	Denmark 	1-0	Nordic Champ.
37    1	24    14-11-48	Wien    	Austria 	1-2
38 	24    13- 5-49	Stockholm	England 	3-1
39	24     2- 6-49	Stockholm	Ireland 	3-1
40    1	25    19- 6-49	Stockholm	Hungary 	2-2
41	25     5- 5-57	Wien    	Austria 	0-1
42	25    16- 6-57	Stockholm	Hungary 	0-0
43	25    18- 6-57	Turku     	Norway  	0-0	Finns Jubilee
44	25    19- 6-57	Helsinki	Finland 	5-1	Finns Jubilee
45	25    30- 6-57	København	Denmark 	2-1	Nordic Champ.
46    3	28    22- 9-57	Stockholm	Finland 	5-1	Nordic Champ.
47    1	29    13-10-57	Stockholm	Norway  	5-2	Nordic Champ.
48	29    20-11-57	Hamburg 	West Germany	0-1
49	29     7- 5-58	Hälsingborg	Switzerland	3-2
50	29     8- 6-58	Stockholm	Mexico  	3-0	World Cup
51	29    12- 6-58	Stockholm	Hungary 	2-1	World Cup
52	29    19- 6-58	Stockholm	Soviet Union	2-0	World Cup
53    1	30    24- 6-58	Stockholm	West Germany	3-1	World Cup
54	30    29- 6-58	Stockholm	Brazil  	2-5	World Cup
55	30    20- 8-58	Helsinki	Finland 	7-1	Nordic Champ.
56	30    14- 9-58	Oslo     	Norway  	2-0	Nordic Champ.
57    2	32    26-10-58	Stockholm	Denmark 	4-4	Nordic Champ.


Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    57    39    7   11  186-  81      85       74.56

32 Goals in 57 Matches (% 0.56 per match)


Types of Goals
Friendlies      	20
Nordic Championship	 8
Olympic Games   	 3
World Cup       	 1

Total goals:       	32
  

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